(As some of you may know, I've launched my own site at http://eddstavern.com/ that is specifically and intentionally non-FSM related to avoid any possibility of implying endorsement by Bobby or the CoFSM.)

How about an official site for the Loose Canon? It can start out simply having the text, and downloads, but we can add artistic depictions of scenes, and theological essays on particular books, that sort of thing. Significant Quotes page, perhaps.

Assuming my plans go through and I begin the network of Virginian Pastafarian college chapters, I'll probably want a site for that, with subsections for each individual chapter to use, as well as just disseminating information around, advertising events, etc.

I've no experience starting up a website, however, so if anyone would be willing to lend a hand, that'd be sweet. Of course, I won't want the website until fall at the earliest, so we may already have practice setting up these websites.

The web site idea sounds great. I think it would be begging for a University of Pastafarian site, per the diploma idea. Pics of the campus, night life, course listing, the only intercollegiate sports team with a pirate ship (a stepping stone for those who want to go pro after college), etc.

The magazine too. (Look out Onion, here we come!) Interpretation and commentary on current events in Texas and Michigan, movie reviews (i.e. ThunderfOOt), poetry, stripper-of-the-month (featuring real strippers, of course, with pics, bio, etc. Do your own research!), pick a recent hate mail and do it justice (not just a flame, but a polite rebuttal that shreds the post), Sarah Palin = proof that evolution does not select for the fittest, but rather the fit enough to make it to breeding age.

Oh yes, there definitely needs to be a pastafarian magazine and a Loose Canon headquarters..

I think that there should also be a Map/Calendar that allows people to post locations and events of a Noodley nature. You know, a good way to organize ourselves geographically and keep up with local happenings.

And a pastafarian dating site. The subject keeps on popping up on facebook, so it's only a matter of time before someone does it--it might as well be done right!

Good news, no, great news, everybody! Bobby has set me up with a site on his server!

I'm hoping to officially launch it tomorrow but I'll need a lot of help from you guys to really flesh it out. The site will be an internet hub for Pastafarian sub-sites spawned by us. I'll be contacting Platypus Enthusiast shortly to see about incorporating a site for The Loose Canon and I've already set up a section for an online magazine. Check it out at fsm-consortium.com, but I'm warning you, it's pretty sparse right now.